Crazy Thoughts on Cleaning

[Jeepsnguns]

I apologize to the OP for straying off topic somewhat, my post has nothing to do with ultrasonic cleaners, just chiming in about gun cleaning in general.
One of the beautiful things about purchasing a Brown or a Wilson is they throw in a good sized vial of proprietary gun oil.
As I tell my wife the pistol might cost you $2000 or more but they come with a tube of $4.50 gun oil.
You can't beat that, a man needs priorities and I have mine. (free gun oil)
In all seriousness if that is even possible, I typically use only 3 products on my precious pew pew's.
1. Bore Tech Eliminator bore cleaner for copper fouling. (highly recommend, very good copper cleaner)
2. Years ago I started out with Hoppes but the stench drove my wife crazy so I settled on CLP for general exterior and interior gun fouling nastiness.
3. Wilson Ultima Lube and Wilson Lite oil because I got them for FREE with the purchase of crazy expensive 1911's.

 

[Capn Jack]

I love the smell of Hoppes, (and burning JP4)
It's OK for my Revolvers and Muzzle loaders, but gets sticky if left on for too long.
It's spray brake cleaner and ATF for my auto loaders.

 

[josetzortiz]

It depends on the gun, but I would send it in what I shoot. Realistically a cool variable is that its common, and you can easily adjust by weight for different climates. I have been using this combo for a few years now with no issues, and way cheaper than gun lube. A few fellows I shoot with have a similar lube, they have been using it for competitive pistol shooting and rank nationally with it: https://www.firearmsnews.com/editorial/gunlube-for-the-masses-red-oil/78257

I keep mine in an old Siracha bottle with a note that its not hot sauce!

The older I get, the more I think folks (including myself), overthink lubricants. If I was shooting a gun that was so sensitive that it malfunctioned with a few drops of motor oil, I would sell it. No time for stuff that fragile.

Well, I now have something like 148 ounce of the red stuff.

Thinking about bottling it in Hot Sauce bottles and selling it as SFTI Red Lube.

bubblegum From The Internet for the curious.

Maybe a cute lil stand at a farmers market

 

[P7M13]

when I was a teen I worked for Chevron oil. One of the engineers told me that most lube products are an off the shelf product that they relabel to sell as gun oil, sewing machine oil, etc...
After I learned that I look around at most everything. and most are just rebranded off the shelf lubes that people found that work.
If you compare the lube qualities of Gun oil and Mobile One you will find they are about the same.... DR

There are several properties in oil that you can measure for yourself : viscosity, lubricity, adhesion, and surface tension - the tendency of the oil to flow in drops, ribbons or film. I've also brushed gear oil onto some of my guns, but it seems to me that oil collects dust and dirt more than any other.
At my first employer, we used to heat up STP to ~150°F and pump spray it onto steel or cast iron forms for ceramic castings. It was a perfect mold release, and the greatest rust prevention. The forms, once used, were stored outside in a series of racks. In the twelve years I worked at that company, I don't think a single form rusted. I'd never use it as a lube thought, that stuff is like glue.
Where I never buy a specific oil is bar oil. I did several months work at an oil blending plant. All the tank bottoms and collected pipe seepage that didn't have dirt or water mixed in was blended and sold as bar oil. This from a very well known oil company. I use my car waste oil, as I always change it at under 5K.

 

[ilikegunspdx]

I have helped develop a high end motor oil for fuel diluting direct injection engines with the former head of Exxon Mobil's advanced research lab. Motor oil is made for a specific operating environment. It's a completely different environment than firearms. Use a good dry lube that won't attract dirt, carbon, etc like motor oil will.

 

[titsonritz]

when I was a teen I worked for Chevron oil. One of the engineers told me that most lube products are an off the shelf product that they relabel to sell as gun oil, sewing machine oil, etc...
After I learned that I look around at most everything. and most are just rebranded off the shelf lubes that people found that work.
If you compare the lube qualities of Gun oil and Mobile One you will find they are about the same.... DR

There is no magic "gun" lube.

 

[Juniper9mm]

It's been done for over 30 years now. Arfcom was the place where I remember this getting a lot of momentum and discussion.